- added clone functionality and chunk_t support

Source/charon/allocator.h

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 
+#include "types.h"
+
 
 /**
  * Macro to allocate a special type
@@ -35,6 +37,16 @@
  * 			- Pointer to allocated memory if successful
  * 			- NULL otherwise
  */
+#define allocator_alloc_thing_as_chunk(thing) (allocator_alloc_as_chunk(sizeof(thing)))
+
+/**
+ * Macro to allocate a special type as chunk_t
+ * 
+ * @param thing 	object on which a sizeof is performed
+ * @return 
+ * 			- chunk_t pointing to allocated memory if successful
+ * 			- chunk_t containing empty pointer
+ */
 #define allocator_alloc_thing(thing) (allocator_alloc(sizeof(thing)))
 
 #ifdef LEAK_DETECTIVE
@@ -63,6 +75,23 @@
 		 * 				- NULL otherwise
 		 */ 
 		void * (*allocate) (allocator_t *this,size_t bytes, char * file,int line);
+
+		/**
+		 * Allocates memory with LEAK_DETECTION and 
+		 * returns an chunk pointing to an empy data area filled with zeros.
+		 * 
+		 * @warning 		Use this function not directly, only with assigned macros 
+		 * 				#allocator_alloc_as_chunk and #allocator_alloc_thing_as_chunk.
+		 * 
+		 * @param this 	allocator_t object
+		 * @param bytes number of bytes to allocate
+		 * @param file 	filename from which the memory is allocated
+		 * @param line 	line number in specific file
+		 * @return 		
+		 * 				- pointer to allocated memory area if successful
+		 * 				- NULL otherwise
+		 */ 
+		chunk_t (*allocate_as_chunk) (allocator_t *this,size_t bytes, char * file,int line);
 	
 		/**
 		 * Reallocates memory with LEAK_DETECTION and 
@@ -80,6 +109,24 @@
 		 * 				- NULL otherwise
 		 */ 
 		void * (*reallocate) (allocator_t *this,void * old, size_t bytes, char * file, int line);
+		
+		/**
+		 * Clones memory with LEAK_DETECTION and 
+		 * returns a cloned data area.
+		 * 
+		 * @warning 		Use this function not directly, only with assigned macro 
+		 * 				#allocator_clone_bytes
+		 * 
+		 * @param this 	allocator_t object
+		 * @param old 	pointer to the old data area
+		 * @param bytes number of bytes to allocate
+		 * @param file 	filename from which the memory is allocated
+		 * @param line 	line number in specific file
+		 * @return 		- pointer to reallocated memory area if successful
+		 * 				- NULL otherwise
+		 */ 
+		void * (*clone_bytes) (allocator_t *this,void * to_clone, size_t bytes, char * file, int line);		
+				
 		/**
 		 * Frees memory with LEAK_DETECTION
 		 * 
@@ -118,12 +165,28 @@
 	 * @see #allocator_s.allocate for description
 	 */
 	#define allocator_alloc(bytes) (global_allocator->allocate(global_allocator,bytes,__FILE__,__LINE__))
+	
+	/**
+	 * Macro to allocate some memory for a chunk_t
+	 * 
+	 * @see #allocator_s.allocate_as_chunk for description
+	 */
+	#define allocator_alloc_as_chunk(bytes) (global_allocator->allocate_as_chunk(global_allocator,bytes,__FILE__,__LINE__))
+	
 	/**
 	 * Macro to reallocate some memory
 	 * 
 	 * @see #allocator_s.reallocate for description
 	 */
 	#define allocator_realloc(old,bytes) (global_allocator->reallocate(global_allocator,old,bytes,__FILE__, __LINE__))
+	
+	/**
+	 * Macro to clone some memory
+	 * 
+	 * @see #allocator_s.*clone_bytes  for description
+	 */
+	#define allocator_clone_bytes(old,bytes) (global_allocator->clone_bytes(global_allocator,old,bytes,__FILE__, __LINE__))
+	
 	/**
 	 * Macro to free some memory
 	 * 
@@ -146,8 +209,20 @@
 	#define report_memory_leaks(void) (global_allocator->report_memory_leaks(global_allocator))
 #else
 	#define allocator_alloc(bytes) (malloc(bytes))
+	#define allocator_alloc_as_chunk(bytes){\
+		chunk_t new_chunk; \
+		new_chunk.ptr = malloc(bytes); \
+		new_chunk.len = (new_chunk.ptr == NULL) ? 0 : bytes; \
+		return new_chunk;
+	}
 	#define allocator_realloc(old,bytes) (realloc(old,bytes))
 	#define allocator_free(pointer) (free(pointer))
+	#define allocator_clone_bytes(pointer,size){\
+		void *new_data = malloc(size)\
+		if (new_data == NULL) return NULL; \
+		memcpy(new_data,pointer,size)\
+		return new_data; \
+	}
 	#define allocator_free_chunk(chunk){	\
 		free(chunk.ptr);					\
 		chunk.ptr = NULL;				\